Archive for January, 2009

Sony unveils Atom-based mini laptop

- Intel, Sony, netbooks -

IT’S not a netbook but a “pocket style PC”, Sony says of its new Atom-powered Vaio laptop.

Sony Philippines unveiled Tuesday two models of the Vaio P–the most striking feature is its 8-inch ultra wide high-resolution (XGA 1600 x 768) display.

The Vaio P uses Intel’s Atom Z processor, billed as more compact and power efficient than the previous Atom N chip.

While previous Atom N netbooks fall within the P20,000 to P30,000 price range, the Vaio P is priced at P49,999 to P69,000 depending on processor and storage configurations.

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23.01.09

Obama keeps his BlackBerry

- Blackberry, Gadgets -

by Stephen Collinson
Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON–Barack Obama has pulled off the first political triumph of his presidency — he will get to keep his beloved BlackBerry.

At a time of deep economic crisis and turmoil abroad, one of the most burning questions facing the new White House has been the fate of the president’s trusty window to the outside world.

Being the world’s most powerful man apparently has its advantages because Obama has faced down the objections of Secret Service protectors and government lawyers trying to take away his trusty device.

“The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday. “It’s a pretty small group of people.”

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22.01.09

Experiencing Cisco’s ‘Telepresence’

- Cisco, Internet, Telepresence -

By Marjorie Gorospe
INQUIRER.net

IMAGINE talking to someone in a conference room, but that person is in a different country, in a different time zone. Sounds familiar? Well, if you’re used to online chats and web cameras, this technology might not be that impressive until you see it “live.”

Telepresence combines several technologies that allow you and remote participants to conduct virtual conference as if you’re in one room. Sounds like science fiction?

It is a virtual “in-person experience,” and aims to be life-like because it uses high-definition streaming video, high-quality audio that creates a more interactive environment.

Cisco’s telepresence is designed to let people use other non-verbal means to communicate, such as gestures.

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21.01.09

Obama pushes Internet into overdrive

- Barack Obama, Internet, Social Networking, Twitter -

By Glenn Chapman
AFP

SAN FRANCISCO–The first US Internet president is an online sensation, triggering a tidal wave of Web traffic as he officially seized the nation’s reins on Tuesday.

Millions around the world commented, Twittered, posted and prayed as they watched Barack Obama’s inauguration live on the Internet, pinning their hopes on a new world order and era in American politics.

Akamai Technologies, which specializes in assuring that websites don’t crash under the weight of heavy online traffic, saw digital content streaming surge to record levels — more than two terabytes of data per second.

“Take a busy day for Akamai and double it, that is where you are,” said Akamai corporate communications director Jeff Young. “It was an immense online streaming day.”

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15.01.09

German ‘chatroom killer’ on trial

- Crime, Internet -

By Agence France-Presse

ESSEN–A German man admitted on Wednesday killing two women he had met online but claimed the first case was an accident and that in the second, seeing “the eyes of Jesus” had caused him to snap.

Christian Grotheer, 27, from Hamburg got to know around 300 people on Internet chatrooms, most of them women, his lawyer Burkhard Benecken said, reading from a statement from the defendant on the first day of his trial.

He used the online nicknames “Rosenboy” or “Riddick300″ on the Internet chat rooms, the latter after a fictional serial killer in the gory 2000 science-fiction movie “Pitch Black” with Vin Diesel, daily Die Welt said.

Spending tens of thousands of hours on dating sites like knuddels.de (which means loosely cuddles.de) and making himself out to be a wholesome, normal guy who wrote poetry, he went on dates with around 100 women.

Two of the romantic evenings ended in death.

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